Hat-rack



No. 613,259. Patented Nov. I, i898.

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(Application Bled Nov. 15, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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SAMUEL J. EVANS AND CHARLES M. ARMES, OF ROANOKE, VIRGINIA.

HAT-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,259, dated November 1, 1898.

Application led November 15 1897. Serial No. 658,595. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. EVANS and CHARLES M. ARMES, citizens of the United States, residing at Roanoke, in the county of Roanoke and State of Virginia, have in vented a new and useful Hat-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat-racks especially adapted for use in hotels or other public places, its object being to provide a device of this character having a pivoted retainingarm to cooperate with the fixed arm and adapted to be locked in its closed position to prevent the removal of the hat or other article by unauthorized persons.

With this object in view the invention consists of the several details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rack embodying our invention, the pivoted arm being raised. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the pivoted arm in its locked position, one of the bracket-ears being partly broken away to show the locking devices. A

Similar referencelnumerals indicate similar parts in both figures.

l indicates the fixed arm, having a perforated flange 2 at one end to receive screws 3 or similar devices, by means of which it may be securely fastened to a base-support. The arm curves outwardly and upwardly from its support and is provided at its upper end with acurved plate 4,- adapted to support a hat.

5 indicates a bracket secured to the base- Support in vertical alinement with the arm 1 and provided with spaced perforated ears 6, between which the annular enlargement 7 on the upper end of a curved arm Sis adapted to fit loosely, and this arm is provided at its other end with a curved plate 9 similar to the plate 4t and adapted to Lengage the outer surface of the hat supported upon the plate 4. The annular enlargement 7 is provided with an opening adapted to register with the openings in the ears 6. A lock 10, which .is preferably cylindrical, is seated in the alining openings in the ears 6 and the annular enlargement 7 and is secured against rotary or longitudinal movement in the ears 6 by any suitable means, such as a pin 11, passing through one of the ears 6 into thelock. (See Fig. 2.) The lock serves as a pivot on which the arm S may turn, and the opening in the annular enlargement 7 is provided with a recess 12 in its wall to receive the lockingbolt 13, the parts being so arranged that the bolt may engage in the recess when the arm 8 is in its closed or operative position.

The key-opening of the lock is in one end thereof, and preferably the construction will be such that the key 15 can be withdrawn from the lock only when the arm 8 is locked. I do not, however, intend to limit myself tov any special form of lock mechanism, as that may be of any approved or desired construction. The arm 8 is provided with a plate 16, on which a designating number or mark will be made in any suitable manner, and the keys for the respective brackets will have similar designating marks or numbers in order that the person using a rack may be able to identify it by the mark on the key.

In using the device the arm 8 will be moved upwardly and the hat placed upon the curved plate 4, after which the arm will be moved down until its curved plate engages the outer surface of the hat,- and when in this position the key can be turned to lock the arm 8 in its closed position and the key be withdrawn and kept'by the person using the rack until he desires to remove the hat or other article therefrom. It is obvious that a satchel or shawlstrap could be hung over the arm 1 and secured against removal by locking the arm 8 and also that other articles, such as a coat, could be hung on the plate 4t and secured against removal by locking the arm 8 in position.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

'Having thus described the invention, what we claim is- 1. In a hat-rack, the combination of a bracket having an opening, a movable arm provided with an opening registering with that of the bracket, and a stationary cylindrical lock passing through the said openings IOO and constituting a fixed pivot for the arm and provided with locking mechanism arranged to engage the arm and hold the same against movement, substantially as described.

2. In a rack, the combination of a bracket having spaced ears, a movable arm provided with an annular enlargement having an opening registering with the openings of the ears, and a stationary cylindrical lock passing through the ears and the annular enlargement and forming a fixed pivot for the arm and provided with locking mechanism adapted to engage the arm and hold the same against movement,substantially as described.

3. In a rack, the combination with the iXed arm, of a bracket having spaced ears, a movable arm tted at one end between said ears SAMUEL J. EVANS. CHARLES M. ARMES.

Witnesses:

LAWRENCE S. DAVIS, H. C. SHELER. y 

